What about the vacuum line from reg to air intake distributor? Fuel pressure regulator diphragms do fail. If yours is failing/failed, and the vacuum hose is too, is it possible that fuel might leak out at the connection or from the hose itself? If not, and it were me, then I'd just replace the suspect fuel hoses and clamps. Neil. On Dec 5, 2007 11:32 AM, Ben S <phlogiston420@gmail.com> wrote: > hi all, > > over the last few weeks, of the couple dozen times i've opened up the > engine compartment after running recently, i have seen (and smelled) > fuel residue on the pressure regulator maybe twice. for the last few > days, i have gone out each evening, driven around a little and > rechecked and have not been able to re-create the problem. i replaced > all the supply fuel hoses about 3 years ago and they still seem in > great shape. no amount of wiggling the hoses with the engine on will > cause leakage. is it possible that the regulator itself could be > leaking? has anyone ever seen or heard of this happening? > considering that it's a $100 part, i'd hate to replace it on > speculation, but i can't figure out what else could be causing this. > leaking fuel is scary as hell. > > Ben. >
-- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" (Bustorius) http://web.mac.com/tubaneil Engine swap beginings: http://musomuso.googlepages.com/home |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.